Moving at the Speed of Creativity - Social Networking for PD

Social Networking for PD

Published by Wesley Fryer in socialnetworking on June 28th, 2008

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My notes from the EduBloggerCon 2008 Social Networking for Professional Development

What are the “magical moments” that hook educators into social networking for professional development and KEEP them participating? (NOT becoming like a “podfader” as Dan Schmidt has called people who

Welcoming communities are VERY important in educator social networks
- Meeting them at the door” – just like Wal-Mart

Kevin Honeycutt:
- help people “move in”
- the human element needs to be there right away
- avoid a “ghost town” where someone says something, and no one responds

Lucy Gray:
- lots of numbers in a Ning is good to drive the conversation
- you have to have reasons for people to keep coming back, to keep people engaged

David Warlick:
- social networks need to help us solve a problem
- there are a series of tipping points that build momentum
- Summize is a tool

Michelle Honeycutt:
- twitter is very friendly for participation because the stakes are low
- stakes are different in a larger social network like Learning 2.0

Brian Smith:
- giving teachers an instant audience is very important

Lucy Gray
- risk taking is so important

Principals need to create safe environments for teachers to take risks

value of social networking: just in time learning

how do we create for teachers a sense that they need to be involved with just in time learning

Carolyn Foote:
- teachers ARE learners
- their way of learning may be different than ours
- PD too often we treat teachers like students: we decide what they want,

Darren Draper:
- shouldn’t we teach our teachers the way we want them teaching students?